That is where consensus-building begins-with the idea that you have your own truth, but that the negotiator on the other side of the table has his own truth as well.

I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations.

I do not want to speak about overpopulation or birth control, but I think education is the way to give new impetus to the poverty question.

If you come to a negotiation table saying you have the final truth, that you know nothing but the truth and that is final, you will get nothing.

In Finland we have equal political rights for women and men. We do not regard ourselves according to sex.

There are many challenges, there are many obstacles; let us try to change the obstacles to advantages.

I think I can regard myself as a political decision-maker.